Malawi’s Former Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development George Chaponda has been shielded from trial according to the civil society organisations who have called on the Zomba Magistrate Court ruling last Friday that he had no case to answer in corruption-related charges regarding the 2017 maize procurement deal from Zambia as “utter miscarriage of […]
A renowned governance commentator Makhumbo Munthali has described Malawi government’s decision to reallocate the controversial K4 Billion ‘miracle’ money fund to Area Development Committees –unlike the Constituencies- and proposing an increase of the fund to K6 billion in the 2018/19 National Budget before all issues pertaining the funds as raised by Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) […]
Civil society organisations say they have written President Peter Mutharika to swiftly work on their demands among other issues, the reversal of Rodney Jose’s appointment as acting Inspector General of Police and fire Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe and Local government minister Kondwani Nankhumwa. One of the CSO leaders Gift Trapence said the letter follows the […]
Malawi’s leading daily newspaper, The Nation, has backed civil society organisations (CSO) for querying the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)- led government for targeting the youth on an appeasement drive belatedly, just to win votes of in next year’s elections. In outlining the 2018/19 National Budget framework in Parliament on Friday, Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe said […]
The court-initiated mediation talks between the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and some civil society organisations over the K14 million public funds which the CSOs want the party to reimburse solicited from parastatals at its fundraising event has failed to take place on Monday. Lawyer for the CSOs Wesley Mwafulirwa said the talks were scheduled […]
President Peter Mutharika has appointed a special committeee to start addressing issues raised in the petition of the civil society organisations (CSOs) after their April 27 nationwide protests, State House has confirmed. There were different timeframes given on different issues but, overall, the CSOs gave Mutharika a 90-day ultimatum to address all the challenges in the […]
President Peter Mutharika has for the first time commented on the nationwide anti-government demonstrations which took place peacefull on April 27, saying the civil action groups which coordinated them wanted to make the country ungovernable. The protestors led by civil society organisations (CSOs) delivered the petition at the gates of Capital Hill, the seat of government, not […]
The High Court registry in Zomba is yet to set a date on the mediation that it ordered between civil society organisations (CSOs) and ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) over the repayment of K13.5 million which some parastatals donated to a fundraising initiative of the party dubbed Blue Night on July 29 last year. On March 13 this year, […]
A renowned governance commentator Makhumbo Munthali has hailed the Civil Society and demonstrators for a peaceful and well patronised 27 April demonstrations but condemned the Police’s inaction on illegal Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) anti-CSO demo protests on the eve of this nationwide demonstrations. Responding to a Nyasa Times questionnaire response on his analysis of the […]
Information Minister Nicholas Dausi has heaped praise on the April 27 demostrators for their peaceful marches. “They demonstrated a high level of patriotism” said Dausi. His comment is in sharp contrast to his actions days before the Friday protests when he tried to block the protests. He was one of the top ruling Democratic Progressive […]
The civil society organisations (CSOs) who presented their petition to the President, are calling for the Head of State to address daily rationing of electricity and lengthy “outages” within 85 days. Anger has been boiling over continued electricity blackouts for the 10% of Malawian households that are connected to the grid and are supplied by the […]
Centre for the Development of People (CEDEP) executive director, Gift Trapence, earned a heroic stint and was christened the ‘Julius Malema of Malawi’ for relentlessly showcasing courage throughout the nationwide demonstrations over the K4 billion scam on Friday. Malema is a Member of Parliament and the leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters, a far-left and […]
The stunt by Mzuzu Vendors Association (MVA) that they would not participate in the April 27 demonstrations revolving the K4 billion scam flopped as people of Mzuzu turned up in huge numbers to air out their frustrations. Thousands of protesters led by Youth and Society (YAS) executive director, Charles Kajoloweka, punctuated the streets of Mzuzu […]
Civil society organisations (CSOs) in the country have given President Peter Mutharika 90 days to address issues contained in their 10-point petition or they will hold post April 27 demonstrations to force the President out of power. The CSOs, organising the demonstrations to express dissatisfaction with the K4 billion payout to members of Parliament (MPs) and 3demand […]
Civil society organisations (CSOs) who conducted demonstration on Friday have included in the 10-point petition on the conduct of public broadcaster MBC and demands Malawi President Peter Mutharika to let his government free MBC within 6o days so that opposition political parties and other stakeholders have access to the tax-funded station. They have asked the opening up […]
Leader of opposition Lazarus Chakwera has boosted the morale of peacefui demonstrators when he joined them in the protest match just soon after the Kamuzu Central Hospital. Donning a black shirt, Chakwera walked near the main placard and mixed freely with the other protesters. Leader of opposition Lazarus Chakwera on Friday joined the peaceful demonstrators […]
Malawi soldiers and police who first blocked thousands of protesters as they tried to march on to Capital Hill, the seat of government, to present their 10-point demand petition, later cleared the protestors to enter. The law enforcers directed the demonstrators to Civic Offices, a move caused divisions within the organisers of the peaceful demonstrations […]
Some civil society organisations (CSOs) are holding nationwide demonstrations this Friday, April 27 in protest against what they consider lack of transparency and accountability in government and they will present a 10-point petition to the presidency. Centre for the Development of People (Cedep) executive director Gift Trapence and Timothy Mtambo, chairperson of Human Rights Defenders Forum, […]